LIfe as it Is

When I was in my teens and twenties often my solution for a really bad day was to hide my head under my pillow. I wasn't interested in getting drunk simply because I'm basically allergic to alcohol.
So, because I'm allergic to alcohol I'm not a nice person when I'm drunk. After getting drunk the first time at age 16 and getting one of my front caps knocked out in a fight and having my right cheek hit to the bone I realized I wasn't going to get really drunk ever again. And I never did.

So, hiding my head under a pillow seemed to be a better alternative to getting drunk. Or making a new girlfriend always seemed a better alternative to getting drunk. (at least until I was 25 and got married and had a son.

However, being upset about one or more things and just hiding your head under a pillow isn't going to solve your problems. As I moved through the rest of my 20s and into my 30s I began to realize it is better to face your problem and other people's problems or else they all just get a whole lot worse and sometimes people die in the process of avoiding their problems.

So, I learned to face all my problems head on.

For example, If I was upset to be a human being living on earth that isn't a practical thing to be upset about. Because you can only do to things. One, you can kill yourself but look at all the damage you are going to do to everyone who loves you and cares about you. Or two, you can realize that this is a stupid thing to be upset about and decide to keep alive instead.

So, everything I was upset about I classified into "stupid" things to be upset about and things I actually could do something about. So, all the things I actually could do something about, I did.

And my life got a whole lot better and more worth living. This blog is about sharing this sort of thing not only with myself but also with the whole world (or whoever is interested).